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z.çor:5.

19.

Rcm 4.6.

Rom,

9.3o.

Phi1,38.9

2.

Cor 5.2r.

a.Per,

z.zz.

Hcb.4.t1.

I.Pet.I.tg.

loh

8,46.

570

Of

ouritffífication.

world

to him

fêlfe,not

imputing

theirfins vnto

them,

2.Cor.5.19.

The imputation

of

Chrif

}s

righteoufnell'e

is

the

other part

of

our

iuftification,wherby

God imputcth vnto

euery

belee-

uer

the

righteoufneffe

of

the mediatour

Iefus

Chrift,

as

if

it

were properly

their

owne

and

performed by them,

that be-

ing

clothed therewith they

may bee

perfeély

righteous in

Gods fight,and

fo

obtaine

the

right

vino

euerlafling life and

happinefhe.

And

ofthirs

the Apoftle fpeaketh,Rom.4,6.

Eisen

as

(faith bee)

Dauid

declareth the

bleffedneffe

of

the man

vnto

Whom

God

imputeth righteoufnefe without wort

1.

s.And

Rom.9.

3

0.7

he Gentiles whichfollowed

not

r

ighteoufneffe

haue attained

vnto

righteoufireffe, euen

the

righteoufnef e

which is

o

f

faith.

So

Phil .3.8.9. The

Apofle

faith,

that

hee accounted

all

things

loffe,and iudged them

to

bee

dung,

that

hee

might

winne

Chrift,and

might

be

found

in

him,not

haueng his

owne

righteouf=

neffe

which is

oft

he

141-,

but

that

which

is

of

the

faith

of

aril?,

men

the

righteoufneffe

irhich is

or

God

through

faith.Ier.23.6,

Now

this righteoufneffe

ofChrif

}.is

twòfold;his habitualt

and

inherent

holineífe and

innocencie,whereby hee

was

free

from

all

corruption

and

finne

both

originali

and

a6uall;

and

indued with

all

holinef

e.

and

puritie

of

nature,

from

the firlt

moment

ofhis

conception.And

ofthis

theApoftle fpeaketh,

?..Cor. 5.2

r.

He

that

knew no

finne,

was

madeîmne

forvs.

And

i.Pet.z.22..

who

did.

noo

fyne,neitherwas

there

any

guile

fcn4

in

his

mouth.

So

Heb.4.

i

5.he

is

Paid

to

be

without

finne.And

z9.

hee

is

called

the

Lambe vndefiled and

without

fpot. And

himfelfe

challengeth the Iewes,Ioh.8.46.

which

of

you

can

rebukeme

of

'Line?

And this

holineffe

being

imputed

vnto

vs,is

oppofed

to our

original/

finne

and

naturallcorrup-

tion.

The

other

is

his

a

&wall

righteoufiielfe,whereby he per-

formed perfect obedience vnto the law

in

all his

thoughts,

words,and

,deeds

through the

whole

courfe

of

his life.

And

this

being

imputed vnto

vs,

and

becomming

ours by reafon

of

that

vnion which

is

between

Chrif+

and

vs,is

oppofed vn-

to

our

aauall

tranfgrcflion, whereby

wee haue

broken

the

whole

law

ofGod,

both

in

omitting

the duties which

are

commanded, and

in

committing the

vices

and

fumes

which

are

forbidden.

The